Exploring New Areas
Ford Group is working to solve problems of bioremediation and mitigating environmental contamination.
Ford Research Group
Our research focuses on the application of chemical engineering principles to problems in microbial ecology. The aim is to develop a fundamental understanding of mechanisms underlying microbial behavior which will provide insights for future technological innovation.
Ford Graduate Students Present Poster at AGU 2022UVA Engineering Professor Awarded $1.6M EPA Grant to Reduce PFAS Accumulation in Crops
Bryan Berger will investigate how PFAS accumulates on farms and develop strategies to reduce exposure.
UVA Engineering Seeks Applicants for Talent Pipeline
UVA Engineering is recruiting talent for its Rising Scholars program.
Read NowUVA and NCI-Funded SASCO Center Marks Milestones in Cancer Cell Organelles Research
UVA’s Center for Systems Analysis of Stress-adapted Cancer Organelles (SASCO) recently hosted its first annual symposium.
UVA Engineers Design Lookalike Drug Carrier To Evade Lung’s Lines of Defense
Managing hard-to-treat respiratory illnesses like asthma and pulmonary fibrosis just got easier if a new drug-carrying molecule is as sneaky as its inventors think.
Read NowDean’s Fellows Experience Summer of Discovery
Here’s what four of 38 UVA Engineering undergraduate students doing research in labs across several departments have been up to this summer as Dean’s Fellows.
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